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Local Licensed Builder Deadline for Submissions: November 30th call Bente 2019 at 4pm 2-5-10 Warranty 250-465-2375 Jean Miserendino, Harbour Manager for a free consultation. www.friesenfamilyconstruction.com Email: [email protected] Cellphone: (250)897-8564 • 2 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • COMM CONTENTS NUU-CHAH-NULTH NATIONS URGE INFO ISSUE NO. 1407 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT By Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation • COMMUNITY INFO • • 2 • NUU-CHAH-NULTH NATIONS URGE NEWLY ELECTED ancouver Island, BC • After ten years of government GOVERNMENT by Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation obstruction, five Nuu-chah-nulth Nations, supported • 3 • NEW! CRAFT FAIR RAFFLE V by Laura Busheikin by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC), urge the • 5 • ISLANDS 2050 ON DENMAN by Anthony Gregson • 6 • HORNBY DENMAN MOBILE implementation and fulfillment of constitutional fishing DENTAL CLINIC NEWS by Dr. Peter Walford rights that were recognized by the B.C. Supreme Court • 8 • HORNBY PURSUING FIBRE-OPTIC NETWORKS in 2009. by William Thomas • 9 • INTERNET CONSULTATION ON November 3rd marked the ten-year reconciliation. It is an unconsciona- DENMAN by Anthony Gregson anniversary of a landmark Supreme ble assault on the livelihood of First Court decision, Ahousaht Nation v. Nations fishers and on our regional • ARTS&LIT • • 4 • FROM THE CROW’S NEST: Pacific Canada (Attorney General), 2009 economy,” said Gord Johns, Member Elegy • Part 1 • Even The Dead Are BCSC 1494, that recognized the Ab- of Parliament for Courtenay-Alber- Threatened by William Thomas original Right of the Ahousaht, Hes- ni. quiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Ehattesaht, • OP/ED • • 6 • AMBAZONIA and Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nations The overall process has left Ahou- by Gwynne Dyer to commercially fish in their territo- saht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, • 11 • POEM: DEAR SUICIDE BOMBER ries. Ehattesaht and Mowachaht/Mucha- by ThomasProvençal laht fishermen struggling. “It should not take the Government of Canada 10 years to live up to a “We should not have to fight for a judgement of Canada’s high court. way of life that our ancestors carried Why do they think they are above on for thousands of years. Past gov- the law?” questioned Kekinusuqs, ernments imposed small portions of Judith Sayers, President of Nuu- our territory as reservations because chah-nulth Tribal Council. “This is we depended on the sea. Through REGULAR FEATURES absolutely unacceptable. If this were government policies our people • 3 • Tide Table • 11 • Gary’s Toon anyone else, the government would have been systematically forced off • 11 • Advertising Rates/Editorial Policy have settled with them long ago. the waters,” said Wickaninnish, Clif- • 12 • Crossword This means 10 years of lost revenue ford Atleo, lead negotiator for the • 12 • Mr. Stofer to our fisherman and a denial of our Ahousaht First Nation. • 13 • Classified Ads right to a commercial fishery. The • 14 • Business/Services Directory • 14 • The Coming Week’s Events federal government must not stall This 10-year commemoration of the anymore and must move immedi- Supreme Court decision has com- Cover image: Waiting on the day’s bustle. Photo by Dreadful Imagery ately to remedy this issue.” pelled the five Nations (Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Ehatte- Despite this pivotal Supreme Court saht, and Mowachaht/Muchalaht) ruling in 2009, implementation of to insist on action from the newly the ruling has not only been signifi- elected government. A letter was cantly delayed but challenged by a sent to Prime Minister Trudeau • DENMAN: 700 • HORNBY: 510 • • E-SUBSCRIPTIONS: 42 • series of unsuccessful attempts to earlier today, citing promises made appeal the decision by the Canadian during both elections. The letter CORRESPONDENT Anthony Gregson government. requested the following from the DESIGN/PROD. Chris Seguin Prime Minister: PUBLISHER Mike Van Santvoord 2550 Lake Road “The decision by successive Con- Denman Island, BC servative and Liberal governments • Direct your Ministers and their V0R 1T0 to fight First Nations in court over staffs (CIRNA and Fisheries) to con- [email protected] rights already affirmed by the -Su clude a reconciliation agreement theislandsgrapevine.com preme Court to catch and sell fish with our five Nations by March of 250-335-9188 within their territories is a betrayal 2020 so that we can begin to imple The opinions expressed herein do not of the Nation-to-Nation relation- necessarily reflect the views of the Publisher. ship that must be the foundation of . . . continued on Page 4 . . . • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • 3 • COMM NEW! CRAFT FAIR RAFFLE INFO TTIDEIDE TTABLEABLE By Laura Busheikin • Secondary Tidal SStationtation FordFord Cove • here aren’t any truly slow times at the Denman Christmas Craft less 2019-11-07 2019-11-12 TFair, but there are times that are busy than, say, Saturday (Thursday) (Tuesday) morning, when the crowds can make the scene worthy of a rush Time Height Time Height hour traffic report from Vancouver: “Expect delays over by GordonPDT (m) (ft) PST (m) (ft) Hutchens, and the left lane is slow by the kids’ table. There’s a stalled03:06 3.2 10.5 06:18 4.3 14.1 08:34 2.4 7.9 11:25 3.1 10.2 group over in the Activity Centre by the candles, so you might want15:45 4.6 15.1 16:48 4.4 14.4 to consider heading left when you get past Fireweed’s table.” 22:51 2.3 7.5 2019-11-13 2019-11-08 (Wednesday) Most fair-goers love the heady atmosphere created by the milling (Friday) Time Height Time Height PST (m) (ft) crowds, but it does get squishy. Fair organizers have widened thePDT (m) (ft) 00:00 1.2 3.9 aisles, which helps, and now they’re offering a tempting prize for04:18 3.4 11.2 07:01 4.5 14.8 people visiting in the slower times: a free raffle for anyone entering09:30 2.5 8.2 12:08 3.2 10.5 the doors between 2:00 and 4:00 both days. The prize is a selection16:15 4.5 14.8 17:13 4.4 14.4 23:17 2.1 6.9 2019-11-14 of stocking stuffers made by Craft Fair vendors. 2019-11-09 (Thursday) (Saturday) Time Height “There are always so many great stocking stuffers at the fair,” saysTime Height PST (m) (ft) Fair Coordinator Autumn White. “That makes this a fun way to evenPST (m) (ft) 00:32 1 3.3 out traffic a bit.” She defines “stocking stuffer” as a relatively04:11 small 3.6 11.8 07:46 4.6 15.1 09:19 2.7 8.9 12:53 3.4 11.2 item priced at around $20.00 or less. These don’t necessarily need 15:39to 4.5 14.8 17:41 4.3 14.1 be stuffed into anything, she points out—they make great gifts for22:41 1.9 6.2 2019-11-15 many occasions. 2019-11-10 (Friday) (Sunday) Time Height Time Height PST (m) (ft) “You could buy eight little gifts, one for each of the eight nightsPST (m) (ft) 01:07 0.9 3.0 of Hanukkah,” says Fair Media Coordinator Laura Busheikin, who04:56 3.8 12.5 08:32 4.7 15.4 celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter solstice. “And I always10:03 2.8 9.2 13:43 3.6 11.8 buy a bunch of small items to keep on hand throughout the year 16:02for 4.5 14.8 18:12 4.2 13.8 - 23:05 1.6 5.2 hostess gifts and other tokens of appreciation. I love having a draw 2019-11-11 er full of candles, soaps, needle-felted creatures, shiny things, and (Monday) more, on hand to give away as needed.” Time Height PST (m) (ft) Some highlights from the prize package include: 05:37 4.1 13.5 10:44 2.9 9.5 16:24 4.5 14.8 • Cozy felted insoles and a do-it-yourself needle-felting kit23:31 1.4 4.6 from Christine O’Neill SourSource:ce: tidestides.gc.ca.gc.ca • Tiny ceramics pieces, including an aqua-blue mini-vase by Shirley Phillips • Body products, including menthol foot and chest rub from Three Corners Naturals. There’s also jam, salve, a change purse, an adorable tomato-themed knitted cap, a bag of Cream of Earl Grey Tea, and more. Look for the raffle entry- box es at the main doors of each hall. Please enter only once per day. The draw takes place Sunday at 4:00. Now in its 38th year, the Denman Craft Fair fea- tures over 80 artisans from Denman and further afield. Nov 30 & Dec 1, 10 – 4:00. It’s free, and there’s a shuttle from the Denman West ferry termi- nal, so tell your friends to walk on. As usual, a va- riety of delicious lunches and snacks will be avail- able, created by local cooks and farmers. Find us on Stocking stuffers on a stump. Provided by Laura Busheikin. Facebook or denmancraftfair.com. • 4 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • . . . continued from Page 2 . . . ment our expanded community fisheries in the 2020 fishing season.

• Direct your Ministers of CIRNA and Fisheries to meet with representatives of our five Nations as soon as possi- ble so we can brief them directly and from our perspec- tive on the steps remaining to conclude an agreement with Canada.

• Recognize that agreement or no agreement, our Na- tions require and are entitled to meaningful, economi- cally viable fishing opportunities.

• Direct your Minister of Fisheries and DFO staff to Wickaninnish, Cliff Atleo, plays the drum while singing revise specific policies and regulations to foster rather the Nuu-chah-nulth song on the court steps in Vancouver, than impede our community-based fisheries. April 2018. Photo credit: Melody Charlie.

These are the concrete steps outlined in the five Nations letter to the Prime successful economies and we intend Minister. Despite the cumulative economic setbacks caused by the delays, to be a part of that.” said Atleo. the five Nations stated that they were still willing to negotiate in order to move the process forward. The NTC will continue to support the five Nations, urging the gov- “We are ready to meet with your Ministers and remain willing to work with ernment to implement the 2009 Su- Canada to finalize an agreement that will help give life to our right, benefit preme Court ruling. our communities and the sea resources on which we all depend,” the Na- tions wrote in the letter sent to Prime Minister Trudeau. “It’s time for real, meaningful ac- tion,” concluded Johns. “It is our intention to re-establish an independent way of life through sound management and harvesting methods. The government encourages ARTS FROM THE CROW’S NEST: Pacific Elegy • &LIT It takes a lot of energy to heat 323 Part 1 • Even The Dead Are Threatened million-cubic-miles of seawater. But By William Thomas once warmed, the average one-mile- ast gulp of rubber-flavored air, flick of my webbed feet and the ocean deep radiator covering most of this Lcovering most of this watery planet tilts and embraces me, promising blue planet will continue transfer- wonders. ring heat to the atmosphere for hun- dreds of generations to come. Slanting down through my mother planet’s looking glass, a coral condo and its tenants zoom into kaleidoscopic focus. Squadrons of green parrot fish Within this vast oceanic heatsink ab- and a goggle-eyed grouper nearly half my weight appear blasé. Other reef sorbing 93% of the heat given off by denizens flash ruby, emerald and cobalt as they dart like spilled treasure full-throttle humanity, the resulting between red coral branches and delicate pink fans lit by ethereal overhead drowned shorelines, hypoxic “dead light. zones”, intensified cyclonic storms, bleached corals, altered currents, Slow kicks propel me over brain coral the size of tabletops into canyons and vinegar-trending seas supplying daubed in living pastels that would have made Gauguin gasp. What makes half this space colony’s oxygen while me gape is a stingray, easily 6-feet between gently undulating wingtips, anchoring most of the food-chain passing below nearly close enough to ride. – will bedevil surviving species for millennia. Surfacing for air, my seawater-streaked vision is momentarily split between the wonders below and a curving sand beach inhabited by bowing palms In the fabled South Pacific, my most and a trimaran’s finned red underbody, round and sleek as a dolphin’s. The vivid memories are becoming night- year is 1981. Nobody we’ve met has ever heard of ocean acidification or mares. Over the past three decades, sea-level rise. . . . continued on Page 5 . . . Today, this reef, like so many others, is dying or dead. • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • 5 • . . . continued from Page 4 . . . told the UN, as invad- ing seawater disinters a warming, expanding sea is rising family graves. “The two-to three-times the global aver- threat is to our exis- age. tence, survival,” Mi- cronesia's ambassador While critics debate reality, expect- added, while unprec- ing a different outcome, at least eight edented tides surged Pacific islands have already sub- through waterlogged merged. Nahlapenlohd, close south homes. “If it gets to a of Ponape (pon-ah-pay), where meter or higher, the we bought fresh peppercorns and islands would get un- toured mysterious megalithic ruins, inhabitable." has vanished. Laiap and Rosh are drowning and will be gone within And 300 million peo- Thea at the edge of a Micronesian atoll sur- another decade. ple living along the rounded by the sea, 1981. world’s coastlines will Will Thomas photo The Tuamotus are doomed. also have to move into someone’s backyard. Other island groups most affected by sea-level rise include Celerity’s “We may see a near-three-meter rise by the end of the century,” warns ge- first tropical landfalls throughout ologist Chip Fletcher. And it won’t stop there. Polynesia. Who dares ignore Masao Nakayama? Over in the Marshalls, not far from where we weathered a hurricane Not Hornby and Denman’s fishers, sailors, divers and kayakers. Not north- tethered to a parachute sea-an- ern communities relocating inland. Only anxious Miami skeptics retreat- chor, a thousand tiny motus strung ing from the saltwater seeping under their doors. like beads encircling 29 coral atolls crouch less than six feet above loom- ing seas. Most aren’t a mile across. To be continued… “Even the dead are no longer safe willthomasonline.net in my country,” Masao Nakayama COMM ISLANDS 2050 ON DENMAN INFO By Anthony Gregson ast Tuesday, October 29th, Islands 2050 was a chance for islanders to share their thoughts on the next thirty Lyears of the policy, the document that underlies the framework for the Community Plan. The event was an informal consultation to brainstorm three questions written up on large sheets of newsprint taped up around the room: • What opportunities do you see to preserve and protect the Trust area? • In the context of a changing climate, what concerns do you have for the region in the next 30 years? • What do you value about the trust area? Participants were invited to sit in on each group, facilitated by a Trust staff member which was also a good chance to meet them. There were not a lot of people, but as is always the case, there was no shortage of ideas. The question of what to preserve and protect was largely dominated by water concerns. The list left no doubt about the need to inform There will be a policy with more studies, with development of a water budget, and Remembrance incentives to protect both land and water. Regulatory development Day Service, needed to deal more with rainwater capture, composting toilets, and Monday, the buying and selling of water. To do so, it was suggested the Trust November 11, 2019, at 10:30 am in the . . . continued on Page 6 . . . Activity Centre • 6 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • . . . continued from Page 5 . . . should have more powers. There was also a call for the Trust to come more to grips with economic policy and come up with a vision that worked with its mandate. The question of climate change produced a wide-range of concerns, indicating how broad and fundamental it has become as a policy framework. There were issues of animal-based agriculture, aquaculture, land clearing, emissions, wetlands protections, salinization, invasive species, fires, social conflicts due to climate change,ood f security, and affordable charging stations. Many of these issues are cross-jurisdictional. If the current complexity of land use planning is anything to go by, the Trust would seem to be headed for a cross-jurisdictional future of even greater intensity with more demands on staff – or just more staff, and greater powers. By contrast, what we value was a confirmation of all that the Trust mandate is intended to achieve: safety orf fam- ilies, a sense of community with a shared, informal economy, self-reliance in the abundance of shared expertise and information, the beaches, the forests, the romance of the islands and the sense of quasi sovereignty emanating from the Islands Trust itself, and, of course, not least, the dress code. The Trust area is no doubt an echo chamber of many of these same concerns. But one cannot help wondering, in the face of the mounting tide of issues, how much longer the Trust can preserve and protect the hands-off aturen of its own mandate, especially on Denman which has enjoyed less regulation than many. OP/ED AMBAZONIA By Gwynne Dyer • November 4th, 2019 ometimes Donald Trump gets it right. In February he cut off US military aid to the central African country of SCameroon because of its appalling human rights record (and didn’t even offer to restore it if the Cameroon gov- ernment dug up dirt on his political opponents at home). Last Friday he acted again, dropping Cameroon from a pact that promotes trade between sub-Saharan African countries and the US. OK, it probably wasn’t really Trump’s idea. There’s still a few professionals left in the State Department, and it was probably one of them who pushed it through. The appeal to Trump may just be that he is punishing a country that is expanding its trade with China – but the human rights abuses in Cameroon really are off the scale. Cameroon’s main claim to fame until recently was its ruler, Paul Biya, the oldest and longest-ruling dictator in the world (86 years old and in power for the past 42 years). But Biya wasn’t all that bad, apart from the usual corruption and the occasional political murder, until the downtrodden English-speakers started protesting seriously about two years ago. COMM HORNBY DENMAN MOBILE DENTAL INFO The ‘anglophones’, as they are known CLINIC NEWS By Dr. Peter Walford in majority French-speaking Cam- eroon, have been pushed into a es the dental clinic is still open - Dr. Walford has not retired. corner basically because they don’t Y fit the mould. A century ago hardly The dental clinic has been in the news lately and this has circulated around anybody in the region spoke either social media, leading to people inquiring if we are still open. Yes we are, English or French, but the vagaries and still serving Hornby and Denman as usual. of colonial policy put some of the locals into the British empire and some into the French – and then in- However, Dr. Walford is getting ready to embrace retirement, and we are dependence brought some of them actively looking for the right person to take over our thriving and unique back together again. mobile practice. If you have connections that may be interested, we can be reached at: [email protected] More than four-fifths of the 25 million Cameroonians live in Meanwhile, we look forward to seeing you soon. We are open on Hornby French-speaking parts of the coun- for the first two weeks of the month, Denman for the last two weeks. try. Only one-fifth live in the anglo- phone region – but that region is As in past years, we will be closed for treatment in January and Febru- right up against the border with Ni- ary, but Arlene will be there to answer your calls and help with emergency geria, where around 190 million needs. Call 250 335- 2933 on Hornby and 250 335 -2788 on Denman. . . . continued on Page 7 . . . • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • 7 • . . . continued from Page 6 . . . experience and organisation, but you can always buy the weapons in Ni- geria or take them from dead regime soldiers and police. For the rest, you people use English as their lingua just climb the learning curve – and by now, two years in, it’s a full-scale franca. insurgency, so both sides are behaving with extreme stupidity. That shouldn’t have been a prob- The regime should be making the kind of concessions that would reconcile lem if Cameroon had respected the its anglophones to being Cameroonian citizens, but it’s doing nothing of rights of its English-speakers, but the sort. The thugs have taken over, and its soldiers and police are acting having giant Nigeria right next-door as unpaid recruiters for the rebels, killing young anglo men at random and made the country’s francophone burning whole villages where some local resident is suspected of being one ruling elite uneasy. Predictably, but of the ‘Amba-boys’. very stupidly, Biya and his cronies saw separate institutions for the an- The rebels are equally devoted to self-harm. They have closed down all glophones as a potential cause for 6,000 schools in the anglophone region because the national curriculum division, and started eliminating requires the students to be taught French. Not taught IN French; just taught them. to speak French. If the teachers try to keep the schools open, the rebels burn them down. Sometimes they kill the teachers too. They unilaterally changed the coun- try’s federal structure into a unitary The original blame for the breakdown rests almost entirely with the Biya one, ending anglo self-government. regime, but the rebels are catching up fast in the stupidity stakes. It has They replaced English-speaking become a classic guerilla war, in the worst sense of the word, and it could judges and English common law blight the lives of an entire generation. with francophone judges and French law. Government jobs automatically What makes it even more bizarre is that it’s not even about genuine ethnic, went to ‘loyal’ francophones even in religious or linguistic differences. Cameroon has enough of those: many anglophone areas. different tribes, Muslims in the north and Christians in the south, and around 250 different languages, some spoken by only a few thousand peo- Every step they took to erase the ple. But this war is about which FOREIGN language people speak! differences between anglos and francos only deepened the divisions It is a mercifully rare problem in Africa, because while most African states between them. Finally the anglo- contain many languages, they have kept the borders that the colonialists phones began publicly protesting – imposed. Everybody living inside those borders has therefore inherited the and when their representatives were same colonial language, usually French, English or Portuguese, and uses it all jailed, more radical protesters to communicate with their fellow-citizens whose home language is differ- began demanding independence for ent. the anglophone region, which they dubbed ‘Ambazonia’. They got ar- It’s an arbitrary solution with its roots in tyrannical oppression by foreign- rested too, and the next wave of pro- ers, but there’s no other way that large numbers of Africans could share a testers turned to violence. modern state together. Most of the linguistic groups are too small. And Cameroon shows what is all too likely to happen, human beings being what It wasn’t very effective violence at they are, if that situation does not prevail. first, because they lacked weapons, DI Growers & Producers Alliance Annual General Meeting Thursday, November 21st at 7:00pm, Srs Lounge, DAC. • Hear what we have done this year. • Meet and join the Board. Refreshments. Everyone welcome. FMI: 335-1828 Photo by Chris Seguin • 8 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • COMM Currently, 95% of Hornby islanders HORNBY PURSUING FIBRE-OPTIC INFO – including most businesses con- NETWORKS By William Thomas ducted online – are hobbled by in- repared to fight off 5G at yesterday’s historic meeting to decide on ternet “speeds” at less than half fed- Pimproved internet delivery, the standing-room gathering on Hornby erally-mandated standards. was stunned and delighted to learn that based on survey results, a consultant has been hired and the hunt is on to find hard-wired internet solutions for “I was thrilled” with yesterday’s both sister islands. meeting on Hornby, the connectiv- ity-facilitator told the Grapevine. “It is apparent that the community only wants to look at fibre,” says HI- “The questions were intelligent. CEEC Economic Enhancement Officer, Karen Ross, after three-quarters Doubters were reassured. Fibre-op- of respondents to a Hornby Island Community Economic Enhancement tic is all that’s being considered,” Corp. survey called for a fibre-optic-only solution to Hornby’s dismal in- Ross confirmed. ternet service. Also presenting was Darren Dohfer, the telecom specialist with Baylinks Networks retained by the Denman Island Internet Committee working with HICEEC to devise specific im- plementation strategies.

With costs almost “equally split” between both islands, total project price will range from $10- to $12 million for full fibre-optic connec- tion – including phone, internet, email and TV – to every residence on Denman and Hornby, Ross said.

Initial hookup, which is expected to boost real estate values, will involve a fee. . Service subscriptions will be optional.

Provincial and federal funding is available to qualifying communi- ties for 75% of total costs. Besides demonstrating need, “an enthusias- tic, forward-thinking community” is vital for funding approval, Ross said.

Regarding network service provid- ers, “We are staying open to all op- tions,” she added.

Though Telus could provide a com- plete fibre-optic financing, installa- tion and service package, , their ini- tial numbers are much higher than preliminary estimates from Baylink. Five BC-based Internet Service Pro- viders could be approached for ini- tial funding and day-to-day opera- tions, Dohfer suggested.

. . . continued on Page 10 . . . • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • 9 • COMM INTERNET CONSULTATION ON INFO DENMAN By Anthony Gregson he national standard for internet works (for example, Nanaimo Regional District for fibre to Spider Lake; Tconnectivity, set by the Federal business stakeholders for an installation at Pemberton in the Lower Main- government five years ago, is 50/10 land). They are gradually expanding their community offerings – Mobility – fifty megabytes per second (mbs) for Good for people who leave foster care, and Internet for Good for people upload and 10 mbs download. To- on disability. day, 95% of Canada can meet that standard which makes the situa- The Telus plan was summarized by Peter Spurr. With an estimated cost of tion on both Denman and Hornby $12.8 million, Telus would put up $2.8 million (22%) and the rest would woeful indeed. A survey done by come from government funding with a shortfall of around $400,000 (at the the Denman Island Internet Com- meeting this was misstated as $2 million) to be met from islanders. Telus mittee in 2018 revealed that 47% of would own the infrastructure which would make its full suite of services, households have less than 6 MBS for like Optik TV, available to everyone at the national standard mbs rate. internet; nobody even comes near the national standard. Turning that Baylink’s presentation by CEO Darren Dohfer went into a great deal more situation around will involve a lot of detail about the infrastructure and its costs. The low density of houses, with money and planning with the possi- some dwellings a kilometer off road makes installation expensive. At this bility of generous support from gov- point, binding the fibre cables to existing Hydro lines would be the cheap- ernment. But, as with any ask from est and fastest option. The poles and the space between them can be rented government, demonstrating politi- for around $4000 a month. Dohfer, who is a pioneer of micro trenching, cal will is paramount. said that it would take far longer to bury the fibre, though there is a possi- bility that technique could be employed in selected areas. Repair (splicing The public consultation held by DI- of fibre) was straightforward, and every connection, as fibre is aggregated RA’s Denman Island Internet Com- along the line right down to the undersea cables across Lambert Channel mittee with Hornby Island Com- and Baynes Sound, was well armoured, and proof against water and weath- munity Economic Enhancement er. The fibre would come right to the house where it would attach with a Corporation this Sunday left no box mount. From there, hookup could quickly be made to all devices. doubt that Denman Island wants to see a plan for a major upgrade. The Fibre would be brought to every house whether the occupant wished to meeting was an opportunity to pres- subscribe or not. When this policy was queried later in the meeting, two ent two proposals, one from Telus, reasons were advanced in support: the much greater cost to bring fibre to the other from Baylink, a fibre-optic home on a piece meal basis; and the fact that Federal funding would be consultancy retained by DIIC and predicated on implementation of the national connectivity policy for every HICEEC. Peter Spurr, who leads Canadian (which was different from simply offering a private service). In the Denman Island Internet Com- fact, the whole project was likened to the rural electrification project still mittee, pointed out that no one was on-going in parts of Canada. Like electricity, high-level internet connectiv- looking for a decision right now. ity has become a necessity of life. What the committee wanted was the public go-ahead to come back in Where the Baylink proposal diverged from Telus was in the backhaul: the about three months with a fully-de- connection to the cable that carries all the data down to the Vancouver in- veloped plan for funding, technical ternet terminus. Telus wants to charge $13,500 per month for one gigabyte installation and ongoing support. per second. Shaw also has a backhaul connection at Buckley Bay and is prepared to charge $4,000 to $8,000 for way more capacity (10 gbs) – the Tyler Moi, Telus manager of munic- going rate. But while this may sound like no contest, much depends on how ipal and government relations for the business model works out with the funding. As Peter Spurr pointed western Canada, spoke to the Den- out, once Telus realizes they have serious competition, they may come to man meeting by phone. Moi now the table with a better offer. Added Dohfer, the aim of the whole process leads a team set up in 2016 that deals is to get the best deal for Denman and Hornby with top-notch installation with custom requests, pure fibre and and service, at competitive rates (not more than Telus now charges) from first nations communities. Custom whomever that may prove to be. installations involve different sorts of partners depending on what . . . continued on Page 10 . . . • 10 • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • . . . continued from Page 8 . . . very warm to doing it ourselves,” Kar- en Ross observed. But she warned it Hornby Island’s earlier fierce resistance to the forced imposition of smart could be “an uphill battle” to cap- meters, and our community’s more recent defeat of Telus’ proposed milli- italize an island-owned network. metre-frequency tower, have made it clear that wireless networks are not the way to go here. “There’s also a risk factor if people won’t switch over,” from their cur- But the real motivator is fibre-optic’s considerable advantages, not wireless rent lousy service, she added. Hard opposition. This radiation-and-interference-free, all-in-one, phone and to believe, since every residence on digital delivery network is clearly superior to 5G, which is running into in- both islands would be hard-wired creasing worldwide pushback against its zero health studies and anti-com- directly to the devices inside, with no munity policies. sign-up charge. And phone num- bers will remain the same. “You will receive a continent’s worth But email address- of data over a fibre es will change with smaller than a hu- a new ISP, and man hair,” Dohfer some people may promised attendees not want to do – with very much this, Ross noted. cleaner and faster download and up- Once funding is load speeds than in place, it will any next-Gen wire- take two years less network can to completely tie dream of deliver- both islands to the ing. existing fibre-optic “backbone” on . Fibre hubs are al- Offering unlimited bandwidth, the new fibre network will require little ready in place on both islands, and maintenance. each home will go “live” as soon as its connection is completed. Dohfer’s show-and-tell included spools of armoured fibre-optic cable. With BC’s ancient copper-wired grid disintegrating, water ingress and deteriora- “It will be an economic decision tion of buried glass cables will not be a factor. And we’re not talking wine in the end how to proceed, who to glasses. “You could drop a tank on it and not break it,” this veteran fibre-op- go with,” Ross concluded. The next tic installer asserted. community connectivity meetings on Denman and Hornby will pres- If a falling tree severs an overhead fibre-optic line, a short video showed ent detailed business options in two- how it can be quickly “welded” back together, with no splicing necessary. to three-months. Alternately, a small wheeled machine buries cable 2-feet under compatible soils as fast as it can be directed by hand.

So far, fibre-sav- DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S vy Telus is pric- . . . continued from Page 9 . . . HAPPENING ON DENMAN OR HORNBY ing itself out of Since government will fund up to REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE? the running. The meeting was told 75%, the possibility of a shortfall • WHEN IS THE NEXT CONCERT AT THE COMMUNITY HALL? • must be resolved as part of the ap- • WHEN IS THE NEXT GATHERING OF NIA ENTHUSIASTS? • that Kaslo’s com- munity-owned plication process. With the high • IS THE HIRRA MEETING AT 7 OR 7:30? • level of government funding, it is • IS PICKLEBALL STILL HAPPENING ON MONDAYS? • fibre network • IS CATHOLIC MASS STILL HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY? • has been operat- quite possible to attract an investor ing for two years which could remove any financing CHECK OUT THE DETAILED in the Kootenays shortfall on islanders altogether. But EVENTS CALENDAR AT with no glitches. to make that attractive, Dohfer said, THEISLANDSGRAPEVINE.COM there would have to be a subscrip ARE YOU PUTTING ON AN EVENT OR HOSTING WORKSHOP OR “Audiences on PROMOTING A CONCERT? CONTACT [email protected] WITH both islands were THE DETAILS SO WE CAN LIST IT ON OUR EVENTS CALENDAR!! . . . continued on Page 11 . . . • THE ISLANDS GRAPEVINE • NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019 • 11 • . . . continued from Page 10 . . . ADVERTISING RATES tion uptake of at least 75%. Prices include taxes INSERTS/HANDBILLS Cell phone service was “another conversation” as Dohfer put it and is not a specific $62.97/Island focus for the project. But it was pointed out that the more powerful network would Please contact us to find out be able to support phone-over-internet which would certainly help solve the prob- how many you should print. - or - lems. we can print it: $7/100 (letter-sized - one-side) The Denman Internet Committee with HICEEC will be getting back with a detailed $12/100 (letter-sized - two-side) plan in about three months at which point, Peter Spurr said, they aim to have a fund- CLASSIFIED ADS ing application that will go straight to the top of the pile. There is certainly political 30 words or less. support and/or funding at all levels of government, but the process of accessing the 1 week • $8.39 2 weeks • $15.40 ($7.70/wk) funds is unpredictable and “a bit of a blackhole”. Once funding is secured, add a 3 weeks • $21.00 ($7.00/wk) couple of years for buildout on both islands. A robust fibre optic network will be an 4 weeks • $28.00 ($7.00/wk) excellent investment. Dohfer, with over twenty years of experience in the business, 5 weeks • $33.25 ($6.65/wk) 6 weeks • $39.90 ($6.65/wk) is confident that fibre will continue to be the 7 weeks • $46.06 ($6.58/wk) backbone of the internet for the foreseeable ear Suicide Bomber 8 weeks • $50.40 ($6.30/wk) future. by Thomas Provençal $4.20/week for each D additional 30 words When you die, your body’s gone. BUSINESS DIRECTORY You can’t enjoy a virgin! LISTINGS 6 weeks • $27.98 ($4.66/wk) And all the meat you want to eat 12 weeks • $50.38 ($4.20/wk) Is but imagination. 25 weeks • $90.96 ($3.64/wk) 50 weeks • $147.26 ($2.95/wk)

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